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*joins the xbox party and listens to everyone playing Reach* - Jaxsean Sep 14, 12:29 4
- If you do this (and I am well enough) I will give you a running commentary. -- nm - Spawn Sep 14, 12:30 3
  - "Killed a guy. Killed a guy. Killed a guy." -- nm - Reagen Sep 14, 12:31 2
    - "and that was just my team" nm -- nm - Reagan Sep 14, 12:34 1
      - heh -- nm - JaxSean Sep 14, 12:37
BAD! Bad! ST peoples. You are a bunch of foul mouth critters with constant sex on the brain. Nore more serious answers for you! - Trish Sep 14, 12:23 4
- Listen to this guys bit on the subject. It's funny stuff - oblique Sep 14, 12:26 [youtube] 1
  - he got screw by not winning -- nm - dogbert Sep 14, 12:31
- Are you new here? -- nm - amoxy Sep 14, 12:26
- *takes a meeting* -- nm - Spawn Sep 14, 12:24
Portis on women in the locker room: "ou know, somebody got to spark her interest, or she's going to want somebody" -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 14, 12:16 2
- tell him they may be lesbians, and watch his head explode. -- nm - b. Sep 14, 12:21
- The U doing higher education proud. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 14, 12:19
so when does the halo'ng start tonight? -- nm - tRuBeRrY Sep 14, 12:11 19
- *points and laughs at jax and crash* -- nm - tRuBeRrY Sep 14, 12:25
- *points and laughs at Jax* -- nm - Dano Sep 14, 12:19
- frr. -- nm - dogbert Sep 14, 12:16
- grr. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 14, 12:15 8
  - Wait, what did I miss? -- nm - Spawn Sep 14, 12:19 7
    - Amazon is not going to deliver his game on time. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 14, 12:20 6
      - Still says "Delivery Estimate: September 14, 2010" so I'm holding out hope... - JaxSean Sep 14, 12:24 1
        
        I am sick as a dog. - Spawn Sep 14, 12:25
      - Wow. Sorry Jax, but I feel justified in both my Amazon hatey and picking the game up, myself. -- nm - Spawn Sep 14, 12:21 3
        
        I can not remember if it was in Halo chat or on the boards that I expressed this concern. - groiny Sep 14, 12:22 2
        
        Our copy was here before 11:00 am. But we have definately been screwed by them before. -- nm - Trish Sep 14, 12:26
        
        I really loathe them. -- nm - Spawn Sep 14, 12:23
- Hrmmm - Trish Sep 14, 12:15 5
  - *swoon* -- nm - Spawn Sep 14, 12:17
  - you wanna stick it in crash? - groiny Sep 14, 12:17 1
    - Yes!! -- nm - Satan si Sep 14, 12:25
  - *laughing* -- nm - JaxSean Sep 14, 12:17
  - please, never use that sort of phraseology on a board groiny visits again -- nm - crash davis Sep 14, 12:16
- I should be on no later than 9:30 central. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 14, 12:12
Wow, today is 2 years since Hurricane Ike wreaked havoc on Ohio. Lost power for a week after that one. -- nm - Ender Sep 14, 12:11
STIS: OK, I am desperately looking for an online calculator for the distance between two lat/long points. -- nm - loosilu at work Sep 14, 12:08 11
- 1. Click here to add the distance measurement to Google Maps -- (link) - oblique Sep 14, 12:16 1
  - Actually, just install the "Area and Distance Calculator" from the link and go to My Maps. Works by selecting 2 points on the map -- nm - oblique Sep 14, 12:17
- how about this. You can put two points on a map and find it, or plug in the coordinates. -- (link) - JaxSean Sep 14, 12:15
- gasp, have you lost your google skillz? nm but: -- (link) - b. Sep 14, 12:13 4
  - wow, how did I not find that? thanks -- nm - loosilu at work Sep 14, 12:16 3
    - there are a bunch of them. some for flights, airwaves, and more -- geekgeek. -- nm - b. Sep 14, 12:18 2
      - don't bother. I have too many locations. Going to do a spreadsheet then use the calculator to verify the accuracy of my formula. -- nm - loosilu at work Sep 14, 12:24 1
        
        heh, I meant for me being geeky on my own. ;) - -- nm - b. Sep 14, 12:25
- google earth? -- nm - oblique Sep 14, 12:10 2
  - Just do the math? -- nm - Trish Sep 14, 12:11 1
    - actually, I'm starting to think that for this many locations, it's better to do a spreadsheet formula. -- nm - loosilu at work Sep 14, 12:17
A $360K house in Toronto - currently for sale. (Teensy weensy!) -- (link) - Andie Sep 14, 12:08 2
- now, compare that to a $360K house in a suburb an hour away: -- (link) - Andie Sep 14, 12:09 1
  - yeah, that seems about right -- nm - oblique Sep 14, 12:10
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- btw, my condolences for what happened in Astronauts this week - crash davis Sep 14, 12:07 4
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    - You can continue making bad calls for another week, but after that we will be angry. -- nm - Spawn Sep 14, 12:19
    - **Bernard Berrian has been dropped by 15,256 teams** -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 12:16
    - Spiller didn't do you any favors either -- nm - crash davis Sep 14, 12:12
- "Mark, throw it over the defensive line!" "I can't! It's too fucking far!" - TFox Sep 14, 12:06 3
  - As much as I agree with this line, Sanchez made a pretty sweet throw to Keller. -- nm - Inigo Sep 14, 12:10 1
    - Whatever the spread is next week, its not enough. -- nm - TFox Sep 14, 12:12
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new power rankings are out - Texans and Titans make the biggest moves up -- (link) - crash davis Sep 14, 12:03 17
- The Dolphins won and dropped 4 spots. wtf -- nm - ceregon Sep 14, 12:13 10
  - ....in the meaningless rankings -- nm - Dano Sep 14, 12:27
  - You struggled in *Buffalo*. -- nm - Spawn Sep 14, 12:16 5
    - Style points at home, win at all costs on the road. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 14, 12:20
    - it's an away game, they covered the spread, outgained the bills 2-1, they didn't struggle, they have a ball control offense and that's what they do -- nm - ceregon Sep 14, 12:19 3
      - heh. "To barely win in Buffalo isn't a great start for the Dolphins. (Clayton)" -- nm - Spawn Sep 14, 12:20 2
        
        I wouldn't call it a great start. It's a division win on the road, hard to come by. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 14, 12:21 1
        
        Oh, agreed. - Spawn Sep 14, 12:23
  - same as the bears, poor wins against poor teams -- nm - dogbert Sep 14, 12:15 2
    - The Bears did not beat Detroit. - Spawn Sep 14, 12:17 1
      - agreed -- nm - dogbert Sep 14, 12:21
- steelers would probably say that moving 8 places up is bigger than 7 places -- nm - dogbert Sep 14, 12:09 4
  - I totally missed that. -- nm - crash davis Sep 14, 12:10 2
    - I did too (after looking at the list I read the top part and it mentioned it there) -- nm - dogbert Sep 14, 12:13 1
      - no one told me reading was involved -- nm - crash davis Sep 14, 12:14
  - and the bears move down a spot after a win. well desevred -- nm - dogbert Sep 14, 12:10
- I deem "They wasted gas making trip to Nashville." as the harshest comment this week -- nm - crash davis Sep 14, 12:05
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More women than men received a PhD last year proving .. - marcel Sep 14, 12:00 1
- *makes PhD dick joke* -- nm - oblique Sep 14, 12:01
Here's one that we're actually seriously considering. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 14, 11:55 6
- Well, that seems more reasonable. Love that kitchen island. - Dr.Vermin Sep 14, 11:58 5
  - This would be the commute by car, but I don't want to commute by car (parking is $$$) -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 14, 12:02 3
    - this is the commute for the house (the dumpy house) -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 14, 12:04 2
      - (and I know from my existing commute that there is a bus for most of that blue line, and there's definitely one parallel to it on Quadra St) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 14, 12:05 1
        
        I miss taking the bus. In Virginia. Not as fun up here. - Dr.Vermin Sep 14, 12:10
  - yeah, we kinda want a small yard, so that's a downside -- nm - Beryllium Sep 14, 12:00
Heh, it just occurred to me that I can link to the actual MLS listing of that house. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 14, 11:52 1
- for perspective, my condo is right at the corner of Cloverdale and Quadra, underneath the word "Saanich" in that map -- nm - Beryllium Sep 14, 11:53
defend the thesis that the Big East and ACC are BCS worthy conferences and the Mountain West and WAC are cream puffs - crash davis Sep 14, 11:51 9
- Looking at 6-year historical records and not 2 weeks worth of games? Sure. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 14, 11:57 6
  - you only get five years -- nm - crash davis Sep 14, 11:59 5
    - going back to 2006 -- nm - crash davis Sep 14, 11:59 4
      - Here you go - Strongbad Sep 14, 12:05 3
        
        I'm not really going to fight this one out, and I appreciate your response. However, 2009 is whack - crash davis Sep 14, 12:09 2
        
        Computer Rankings per USA Today (Jeff Sagarin) - Strongbad Sep 14, 12:15 1
        
        ah gracias -- nm - crash davis Sep 14, 12:15
- Well, for starters, in the past decade the Big East & ACC are 29-17 against the other two... -- nm - Ender Sep 14, 11:56 1
  - see above -- nm - crash davis Sep 14, 12:01
ok, *here* is a typical house price in Victoria. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 14, 11:50 1
- that's one seriously ugly house for half a mil -- nm - decline Sep 14, 11:53
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- I'm not picking a side in this battle because I haven't figured out where I stand yet, other than I don't generally like what they stand for, but.... - Name Withheld by Request Sep 14, 12:10 6
  - Fight for the right to keep women invisible! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 14, 12:12 4
    - Fight for the right to do what you please! -- nm - Reagen Sep 14, 12:14 3
      - I think that's the issue...I just don't know whether I believe wearing one is a common free choice vs. simply a commonly imposed practice. - Name Withheld by Request Sep 14, 12:27
      - Your rabid misogyny is noted. - Dr.Vermin Sep 14, 12:20 1
        
        If I keep this up, soon I'll have you in full support of the nanny state *rubs hands together* - Reagen Sep 14, 12:30
  - never dealt with a ninja? -- nm - CQ Sep 14, 12:11
- well, if they just would ban Muslims all together, then this wouldn't be an issue. -- nm - CQ Sep 14, 12:01
- Uh... this isn't a burqa. It's a Snuggie with matching facemask. -- nm - Frenchy Sep 14, 11:56
- *sigh* -- nm - znufrii Sep 14, 11:53
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Is xi still here? -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 14, 11:48 [Backboard] 2
- The Constant? -- nm - David Sep 14, 11:50 1
  - that actually sounds about right. -- nm - prayformojo Sep 14, 11:53
please note about the $500K house - that's not what your average person lives in. -- nm - Andie Sep 14, 11:48 13
- right. The average person rents or owns a condo or townhouse, in an urban area. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 14, 11:51 8
  - Sure. I think most of us (at least me and groiny for sure) are used to the "suburban" model where we can still leave near Chicago - oblique Sep 14, 11:53 7
    - right, if i went an hour outside the city, it goes wayyyyyyy down. -- nm - Andie Sep 14, 11:57 3
      - Yup. We're contemplating adding a 45-minute commute for a bigger/cheaper house (in a couple years). - Dr.Vermin Sep 14, 12:00
      - That makes more sense. That didn't look like a "city" house but sure had the city prices. My commute is 1hr+ and I don't even make it to downtown -- nm - oblique Sep 14, 11:58 1
        
        yeah, that does make more sense. -- nm - TFox Sep 14, 12:05
    - We've dismissed many of the suburban areas near us because the commute would be hellish. We'd need Leafs or Volts. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 14, 11:56 2
      - It's all a trade off, that's for sure. I get a bigger house but pay for the gas and time to get to work. -- nm - oblique Sep 14, 11:56 1
        
        If we didn't have to get into the heart of downtown every workday, it would be an option -- nm - Beryllium Sep 14, 11:57
- I'm fairly certain most people buying that level of houses have significant down payments. - Reagen Sep 14, 11:51 3
  - exactly, it's not a starter home. they have equity. -- nm - Andie Sep 14, 11:51 2
    - I have million dollar homes in my neighbourhood. That blows my mind. -- nm - Reagen Sep 14, 11:57 1
      - You think that is bad, we have *you* in our neighborhood. - Neighbors Sep 14, 12:29
wow, Reagen, My house is appraised at 230k, and I pay 2500 a year in taxes. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 14, 11:48 6
- If Google can be believed, the average property tax for my county is 2% for 2009 but I think we're alot lower than yours -- (link) - oblique Sep 14, 11:50
- that 2k is a significant increase, too. -- nm - Reagen Sep 14, 11:49 4
  - when I was looking to move a few years back - groiny Sep 14, 11:51 3
    - yeah, just found it. 0.6% between city and province. -- nm - Reagen Sep 14, 12:01 2
      - *moves next door to Reagen* nm -- nm - groiny Sep 14, 12:04 1
        
        I believe that violates several court orders and international treaties. -- nm - Reagen Sep 14, 12:10
Starting Florida WR lost his damn mind. - David Sep 14, 11:46 8
- I guess they were "off again" at the time. -- nm - Dano Sep 14, 12:17
- I think that gives UF the lead in the Fulmer Cup standings. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 14, 11:56
- He meant "Time to diet" I'm sure -- nm - CQ Sep 14, 11:53
- Roy Batty is playing college ball now? -- nm - prayformojo Sep 14, 11:50
- Blade Runner fan. -- nm - Spawn Sep 14, 11:50
- "RT @WhitFanHouse: Urban Meyer calls reporter a bad guy for quoting a player. What will he call Chris Rainey for stalking a woman? A Starter!" -- nm - Ender Sep 14, 11:48 1
  - Excellent. -- nm - David Sep 14, 11:49
- Imagine if regular criminals had their stats at the end of the news articles about them. -- nm - Reagen Sep 14, 11:48
i did a search for $325.000-$375,000 properties in Toronto. They exist, lots of condos though. -- (link) - Andie Sep 14, 11:46 6
- can you get south of 401 for that? -- nm - ty97 Sep 14, 12:02 2
  - South of 401, yes. central, no. For instance,if i want a condo by the airport, i can do it for $150. If i want planes flying by me night and day. :) - Andie Sep 14, 12:05 1
    - The idea of gangs (or violence, or crime) in Toronto makes me giggle. - ty97 Sep 14, 12:15
- I found a great 5 acre hobby farm in Guelph for about the same price as that Victoria house I linked on B2 -- nm - Beryllium Sep 14, 11:51 1
  - Guelph is nice, but quite rural. - Andie Sep 14, 11:53
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the Housing Market. -- nm - David Sep 14, 11:48
Above average board -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 14, 11:46 1
- Hall Of Above Average. - groiny Sep 14, 11:46
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